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Politicians fan the flames to hide their own failures and erode the liberties of all - In the Indian state of Assam, the authorities are building detention camps for “illegal immigrants”, most of whom are Indian citizens. In South Africa, hundreds of Nigerian workers have been airlifted home as...

(CNN)In the latest display of deepening cracks in the West's formerly unified economic campaign against Russia, France's Foreign MinisterJean-Yves Le Drian told reporters Monday that "the time is right" for reconciliation in EU-Moscow relations. The latest French overture comes as US lawmakers returned to work this week and at least two sanctions...

In a tweet, Mr Pompeo said there was "no evidence" the drones came from Yemen. He described the attack as "an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply". Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia while Rouhani and Zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy. Amid all the calls for de-escalation, Iran has now launched an...

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist JoshuaWong said on Saturday he was seeking the support of U.S. lawmakers for the demands of his fellow protesters who have led months of streets demonstrations, including a call for free elections. Wong, who spoke to Reuters in New York ahead of a planned visit to Washington, led Hong Kong’s pro-democracy...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- We’re about to find out just how laid back the oil market really is. It has shrugged off sanctions on Iran, exploding tankers and drones getting shot down over the Strait of Hormuz. But this weekend’s strike against Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq processing facility – perhaps the single most important piece of oil infrastructure on...

Boris Johnson is a liar who only backed the Leave campaign to help his career and Michael Gove was a “foam-flecked Faragist” whose “one quality” was disloyalty, David Cameron writes in his memoirs. The former prime minister poured vituperation on both his former colleagues Priti Patel, the current home secretary, and Dominic Cummings, the No 10...

This was supposed to be a day of celebration for Wolves as they marked the 130th anniversary of their first match here. Instead it turned into an embarrassment for the hosts, as thoughts of their rich history were blown away by signs of Chelsea’s bright future. Three of the young English talents introduced by Frank Lampard stole the show for the...

Nothing is true and everything is possible. That was my one-line attempt to sum up the politics and propaganda that enveloped Russia at the start of the 21st century. It was a world where politicians no longer cared whether they were caught lying; where old ideologies were dead and conspiracy thinking had become the new way to explain the world;...

Neymar says he understands why he was booed by his own supporters – even after scoring a spectacular winner on his Paris St Germain return. The Brazilian returned to the PSG side for the first time this season after his very public desire to move back to Barcelona over the summer eventually came to nothing. Thomas Tuchel put Neymar straight back in...

It was, by all accounts, a furious row. Donald Trump was talking about relaxing sanctions on Iran and holding a summit with its president, Hassan Rouhani, at this month’s UN general assembly in New York. John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser, was dead against it and forcefully rejected...

Aramco is not only the world's biggest oil producer, it is also one of the world's most profitable businesses. The Khurais oilfield produces about 1% of the world's oil, and Abqaiq is the company's largest facility - with the capacity to process 7% of the global supply. Even a brief or partial disruption could affect the company, and the oil...

There were more nerves than there should have been, fear gripping the Santiago Bernabéu and whistles puncturing the final minutes, the home side playing for time, but Real Madrid got there in the end. Thibaut Courtois had to make a 92nd-minute save to secure a victory that had seemed secure and...

NEW YORK (AP) — The family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma used Swiss and other hidden accounts to transfer $1 billion to themselves, New York’s attorney general contends in court papers filed Friday. New York — asking a judge to enforce subpoenas of companies, banks and advisers to Purdue and its owners, the Sackler family — said it...

More than 2,200 medically-preserved foetal remains have been discovered at the home of a former abortion doctor who died last week. Police said they were contacted by an attorney for the family of Dr Ulrich Klopfer on Thursday after they discovered the remains at the former doctor’s home in northeastern Illinois. Authorities found 2,246...

At the time the new iPhones were unveiled a lot of attention was diverted to the new ultra-wide rear camera as the handsets come with three lenses that are fitted closely together. These lenses are located besides the LED flash and audio zoom microphone. Now, hundreds of viewers who have seen the handset say that the new design has triggered their...

Pro-democracy demonstrators clash with Beijing supporters as riot police subdue protesters Rival groups of demonstrators clashed in Hong Kong and police made arrests in another weekend of mass protests after months of political unrest. Dozens of pro-Beijing protesters waved Chinese flags and chanted...

LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's new government allowed a French charity ship to head to the island of Lampedusa on Saturday and bring ashore some 82 migrants, reversing the uncompromising, closed-door policy of the previous administration. The OceanViking, run by French charities SOSMediterranee and...

Bitcoin QR generators do make it easy for users to share their wallet addresses. Certainly, QR generators are the best thing that has happened to cryptocurrency after barcodes. But the problem lies with the websites that let you change your data from strings, hypertext, to SHA-256 encrypted crypto key strands of code that your lens can decode...